This review highlights climate change's health risks for children, including infectious diseases and mental health, suggesting urgent public health responses.
Key Points
Climate change is recognized as a major public health threat, affecting children's physical and mental health directly and indirectly.
Effective monitoring of climate-related health impacts is critical for rapid public health responses and preventing health crises.
Both communicable and non-communicable diseases are projected to rise with global warming, exacerbated by extreme weather events.
Social background significantly influences vulnerability to climate-related health effects, raising concerns over existing inequalities.